Improvement in mountings for bridles



R. E. WHITMAN. Mountings for Bridles.

No. 214,858. Patented April 29, 1879..

N. PrERsJHDTO-LITMOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROYAL E. WHITMAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOUNTINGS FOR BRlDLESn Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 214,858, dated April 29, 187 9 application filedAugust 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROYAL E. WHITMAN, of Springfield, Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Mountings for Bridles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The first part of my invention relates to a combined ring for holdingthe ends of browband, head -band, throat-latch, and cheekpiece, andornamental and protecting covering-plate or rosette; and the second partto the combination, with this mounting, of a detachable gag-runner for acheck-rein.

The nature and objects of the invention are fully set forth in thefollowing description and accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure I is an outside view of my mounting, showing itsposition relative to the straps and check-rein. Fig. II is the reverseor interior view of Fig. I. Fig. III is a partial section, and Fig. IVan end view.

The ring B is offset by posts I) b from the inner side of plate 0 to asufficient distance to admit the ends of the straps g, for which thering B serves as a common point of attach ment. Four of the posts aresufficient to firmly unite the plate 0 and ring B, while acting toretain the ends of straps g in their proper position and prevent themfrom working on the ring and it will be seen that the ends of the strapsare completely concealed from view by the plate 0, which forms anornament that cannot become detached, being one piece with the ring.

The face of the plate 0 may be highly ornamented, or may be leftperfectly plain, as shown in the drawings, to be easily kept brightlypolished. In both events a solid surface is formed, overlapping the endsof the straps, and forming part of the ring to which they are secured.

One of the posts, b, and marked in the drawings b, unites the lower rearportions of ring B and plate 0, as shown in Fig. III, and is elongatedin cross-section in the direction of the ring, so that the gag-runner D,when inclined to have its lower end well to the front of theperpendicular axis of the ring B, can have its hook end 01 passed overthe post b, to

swing thereon and as the direction of the pressure exerted by thecheck-rein is downward and backward, the gag-runner can onlybe detachedmanually from a position it can never assume when holding thecheck-rein.

Fig. III shows the position of the slot in the loop end of thegag-runner D that admits its passage over the post I).

The hook end at is concealed by the plate C, and in practice I slightlyflatten the sides of the hook, to avoid any interference with the endsof cheek-piece and throat-latch contiguous.

When it is desired to remove the checkrein the gag-runner is easilydetached, and may be left for safety upon the check-rein.

By these means I form a device the parts of which coact to constitute asimple and ornamental mounting, and are not easily broken or lost, and amounting peculiarly adapted to the bridle-halter for which LettersPatent were granted me August 17, 1878, No. 207 ,467, in which, when itis desired to convert the bridle into a halter, the gag-runner whenremoved remains upon the check-rein.

I am aware that a gag-runner has before been directly attached to andsupported by the buckle forming the point of junction of brow, head, andthroat bands of a bridle, and therefore do not, broadly, claim such, butconfine myself to a swinging detachable one, when made to also inclosethe check-rein, as above described.

What I claim is 1. The mounting for bridles, consisting of the ring B,rosette C, and connecting-posts b, all cast in one piece, as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, with the plate 0, having ofisetring B, the post b,and elongated post I), of the detachable swinging gag-runner D, havingthe hook end (1, and adapted to inclose the check-rein, in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

R. E. WHITMAN.

Witnesses:

FRANK M. TAYLOR, G. M. TROUTMAN.

